To celebrate the start of National Vegetarian Week 2011 sponsored by Cauldron Foods, the Vegetarian Society is hosting an event in Albert Square in Manchester city centre on Saturday 21 May.
Catering will be provided by
Veggies Catering Campaign!
The event will be based around veggie myths and will show the public, in a fun and interactive way, that the age-old stereotypes of vegetarianism are just not true. One of the myths we’ll be debunking is that vegetarianism is just a phase and we’d like our members’ help on this one!
Veteran Veggies
For this myth we’ll be creating an illustrative map of Manchester highlighting links to vegetarianism across city, such as Joseph Brotherton, the Salford MP who founded the Vegetarian Society back in 1847. We thought it would be great if we could have some of our members to help us give these maps out on the day and chat to people about what it was like to be a vegetarian in a different era.
Ideally we’d like members who have been a veggie for 30 years or more and remember experiences from when they first became a veggie. It would help if you’re local or easily able to get into Manchester city centre as we will not be able to cover travel expenses.
If you fancy representing our members’ commitment to being veggie, please call 0161 925 2000 or email Graham on graham@vegsoc.org with your name, age, address and how long you have been vegetarian. The event will run from 10am – 5pm, but we don’t expect people to stay for the whole time (unless they really want to!)
Are you a commited veggie?
To help further banish this myth at our event we’d like to create a big visual presentation with photos of veggies accompanied by quotes about how committed they are to being veggie. We’d like you, no matter how old or young you are or where you live, to email us a photo of yourself (of the highest resolution you can) and a sentence saying why you’re committed to being a veggie. We plan on using everyone’s photo and quote at our event and it will show the general public how varied veggies are!
Email graham@vegsoc.org with your photo, quote, name, age and how long you’ve been veggie. Please remember it is your responsibility to get permission from anyone who is recognisable in the image you send us. Images of young people under 16 years old can only be used if parental (or guardian / carer) permission has been obtained. Please do not send copyrighted images unless you have permission to do so.
Veggies and the Vegetarian Society
See also Vegetarian Campaigning with Veggies, local branch contacts for Nottingham, and join Veggies providing Vegetarian Catering at Events nationwide.
Contact the Vegetarian Society and their Local Contacts in your area, via Veggies Networking Directory.
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